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Another thing of note I've tried, if you have access to the game and your base is reasonably sized, Minecraft is an excellent program for making things in d&d. I built several maps using it, including a hedge maze (still the best way to run a maze in d&d I've found), the tavern in Dragon Heist...

I can understand your frustration about having to come up with a bunch of rulings and the like on the fly. That said, I find it strongly preferable to having to spend 10+ minutes looking some obscure rule in a splat book or having to spend 5+ minutes waiting for the barbarian to add up his 15...

What I'm currently playtesting in my game with a player are the following changes. So far she has been powerful, but by no means has been outshadowing the other players or what I'd consider unreasonable: 1) I gave sorcerers each origin spells (like the cleric domains) to pick from, though as a...

Being descriptive and imaginative with how you cast your spells is definitely a solid help in making magic feel less boring or impactful. A large problem though is that if you want magic to have a fantastical feel like in many older stories, you frankly need to completely remove Vancian...

Honestly? I've still been finding myself going back to Maptools once the quarantine hit. It's incredibly fiddly and basically demands you learn some basics of macro scripting if you want all the bells and whistles it has to offer, but it's price tag cannot be beat. Though it helps I own physical...

Well, if running Dragon Heist has been any indication thus far, apparently the result of giving players real estate is hours of time spent in paint.net editing pictures of maps and having conversations with fussy players who just want to make sure their new inn is just right with furniture and...

Fire Giant 20 - 2 = 18 When flames try to melt ice, they just get snuffed out from the water. Frost Giant 35 + 1 = 36 Fimbulwinter has come.

This is ultimately my main concern with rolling for stats: feats. Characters who roll well will become unstoppable demigods with multiple feats while those who roll poorly are so busy trying to increase their stats just to become a functional character they end up feat starved and it only makes...

Cloud Giant 31 Cyclops 27 Ettin 32 Fire Giant 31 Frost Giant 31+1=32 - Notice me, Loki-sempai. Guardian Giant 7-2=5 - Can't guard much with such a low point total now. Hill Giant 31

Cloud Giant 30 Cyclops 25 Ettin 29 Fire Giant 29 Fire Giant Dreadnought 14 Fog Giant 11-2=9 I care not who suffers, but wish to hasten the inevitable. Frost Giant 34+1=35 Because I have to rep my Norse myths Guardian Giant 13 Hill Giant 32

Your suggestion isn't going to break the game in either direction. The game is more or less balanced difficulty-wise on a primary ability score of 14 assuming you follow the rules of the DMG encounters. They do that mostly so non-optimal characters or players who are less system savvy can still...

First of all, I knew from the get go that Curse was the company that was outsourced to make the product D&D Beyond. You assumed that I did not. So if we are going to resort to calling out logical fallacies I'll suggest you keep from resorting to ad hominem. Never once have I insulted you or your...

I don't. For the reasons I've stated across several posts now. But when someone asks me on an internet forum a question regarding if dndbeyond is a good product or not I shall give them my opinions and reasons why I do not think it is (which is, just fyi the point of an internet forum). I also...

Yes, Curse, a complete snake of a company with history cyber security issues, a tract record of questionable business practices, and a reputation that should frankly concern more people. I repeat my previous statement, I trust shady websites that post illegal pdfs or wiki frameworks WAY more...

Methinks he either is misusing the term "pdf" to describe it being in any sort of digital format at all. Either that or he meant cutting up his books himself and scanning the pages to make a digital copy, or finding a version of that was done for him already by some ne'er-do-well on the...

It's almost like there are these things that give certain powerful "boss" creatures with legends attached to them extra actions in combat that vastly help make using their action to Charm one PC each round less of an action economy issue. Especially when nothing in the charm ability states that...

The closest official sorcerer that fits this is the shadow sorcerer. If you're open to homebrew there area a few decent options out there, and it is quite easy to either reskin the Undying Warlock from The Sword Coast Adventurer's guide as either an undead sorcerer archetype, or just have the...

And THIS is the essence of my problem with their service, and what I have always said is the issue. I'm fine buying the books in both a physical and digital format. I'm even fine paying a subscription fee to use the D&D Beyond service. But NOT both. Their pricing model is frankly absurd...

I was going to post this as well. For those who've not seen it, check it out. They also have a few other maps listed there for other settings and for Waterdeep. It has been INVALUABLE for running Dragon Heist.

Immediately to answer your question: the items themselves can leave Barovia, though the setting will always renew them eventually. Named characters are similar. Just as there will always be a Strahd, Ireena/Tatyanna, and a VanRichten, there will always be a Sunsword and Symbol of Ravenloft. If...